Quotes I Love!

I think of you and your families and pray for each of you:

Lord, keep them faithful to each other in your love. Let nothing separate them from your love and love for each other. Let the child, the gift of yourself to every family, be the bond of love, unity, joy and peace. Amen.

This is my beloved and this is my friend. Song Of Solomon 5:16

Across the years I will walk with you in deep green forests; on shores of sand: and when our time is through in heaven, too, you will have my hand I promise you! Always your baby! Remember our first picture together so many years ago!

Joe, Jessy And Mat

Why I Fell So Hard For You...Reason # 1 Million

D.J.

First Born..Birth Of Our First Grandchild...A Rare Pic For DJ

Baby Ryan

Your First Day With Me!

A Little Bigger Ryan

The Peace Maker

With Honors

Always Proud Of You! I Adore You!

Baby Jocelyn

Precious Baby Girl,Our First

Jocelyn

Our Pretty Princess

Baby Jessy

A Beautiful Beginning!

Ever Beautiful And Exceptionally Smart Jessy

My Sweet Girl...Look At You Now!

Jocey And Jessy

Best Friends Forever!

My 2 Beauties

Jocey And Jessy

Baby Mat

You Are So Handsome...My Baby Boy!

Mat

My Little Man!

Christopher

Jocey And Chris (1st born grandson)

Landen Anthony

9-15-2010 Welcome To The World! (#2 grandson)

Good Friends!

My Sis

Best Friends Forever!

My Fairy Name

My Fairy Name!

Your fairy is called Hex Goblinwitch

She is a bringer of riches and wealth.

She lives in places hexed and tainted by black magic.

She is only seen in the enchanted moment between sleep and waking.

She wears black feathers and rose petals. She has gentle green wings like a butterfly.

What Kind Of Flower Are You?

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Courtesy of the History Channel, for more information on the holiday please just click on the post

Veterans Day HistoryOn the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as "the Great War." Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars.The Great War & Armistice DayThough the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, November 11 remained in the public imagination as the date that marked the end of the Great War. In November 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. The day's observation included parades and public gatherings, as well as a brief pause in business activities at 11 a.m. On November 11, 1921, an unidentified American soldier killed in the war was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.; the U.S. Congress had declared the day a legal federal holiday in honor of all those who participated in the war. On the same day, unidentified soldiers were laid to rest at Westminster Abbey in London and at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

On June 4, 1926, Congress passed a resolution that the "recurring anniversary of [November 11, 1918] should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations" and that the president should issue an annual proclamation calling for the observance of Armistice Day. By that time, 27 state legislatures had made November 11 a legal holiday. An act approved May 13, 1938 made November 11 a legal Federal holiday, "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.'" In actuality, there are no U.S. national holidays because the states retain the right to designate their own, and the government can only designate holidays for federal employees and for the District of Columbia. In practice, however, states almost always follow the federal lead.

Celebrating Veterans Day around the WorldBritain, France, Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of World Wars I and II on or near November 11th: Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday of November). In Europe, Britain and the Commonwealth countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11.

In the United States, an official wreath-laying ceremony is held each Veterans Day at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, while parades and other celebrations are held in states around the country. Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day--a common misunderstanding, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Memorial Day (the fourth Monday in May) honors American servicemembers who died in service to their country or as a result of injuries incurred during battle, while Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans--living or dead--but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.

DID YOU KNOW?Red poppies, a symbol of World War I (from their appearance in the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae) are sold in Canada and the United Kingdom on Remembrance Day to raise money for veterans or worn in the lapel as a tribute.

My father fought in World War II. What these men gave up and what they still give up to this day is just comprehensible. The great little joys we have everyday, the ones they cannot enjoy, the ones we take for granted. Hot coffee in the morning. A soft and comfortable bed at night. Being able to walk outside and say what a beautiful day and not be shot when doing it. What we take for granted!So here's to all that have served, and to my father, God bless you all! We will always appreciate what you have and what you are doing. Thanks, thanks thanks!!!